D Tuesday, November 24, 2009 METRO 17 Gunnin it: Model Anna poses on a Gunbus motorbike, the worlds largest driveable motorbike, during a preview for the Essen Motor Show in Germany yesterday Picture: EPA The Big Picture Switch fee rip-off? Charged: Car in the garage 123, dot ie, just log on and... get ripped off with hidden charges. Doesnt have quite the same ring to it, does it? Having switched my car insurance recently I was delighted to save a few bob. But during the weekend I had to leave my car with a garage to have a new key programmed, and the garage offered a temporary replacement car all that was required was a phone call to my insurance company to temporarily switch my policy. The mechanic then passed the phone to me, saying the insurance company wanted 10 which had to be paid immediately over the phone for administrative charges! Ten fecking euro! Apparently its always been the case. I told her to feck off, Id just wait for my car in the garage. Then the mechanic told me that 123.ie are actually one of the cheapest, and that my former insurance company Quinn Direct charge over 50 for a temporary transfer! What a croc! Ill be charged for the air in my tyres next. Driven Mad Can you just let the strikers know how much they are upsetting people by going on strike. Ive being waiting for an appointment to see a neurologist for about three years. When I finally get one, the strike happens on the day I have it and when I rang to find out the new date they hadnt got one. All I want to know is how come they couldnt send out new dates to patients since they have known about the strike for a long time. In the meantime, I will probably have more seizures and lose my job, when its my money, as a Dublins best-read letters page Metro Mail E-mail letters to mail@metroireland.ie with a name. Or text us. Text MAIL followed by comment and name to 53131. *Texts cost 30cent per message + standard network charges. SP. Oxygen8 Communications, Hospitality House, Cumberland Street South, D2. Customer service number 0818286606 talk to us Senseless striking? Doesnt striking in the midst of a recession make just about as much sense as going on hunger strike in a famine? Dominic Little to worry about: Captain Ahab, I think I, and everyone else who read your letter, are very jealous of you. Your biggest problem in life seems to be other people breathing. If that was all we had to worry about, I think we would be happier people. Although if we all let things bother us as much as you seem to, wed be horrible, miserable, bitter people. Captain Tolerance Moan mail: Maybe this page should be called Metro Moan instead of Metro Mail? Like Scraps top 3 albums of the decade, I propose people share their anecdotes about something that made you smile today. Sick of hearing the same sh*t Magic bus: Ill, you know nothing of a bus drivers job. That bus that was 40 minutes late according to you was on time. The bus in front of it had broken down and so, was off, there is no way to magic a bus back in its place. Tut tut In Brief taxpayer, that pays their wages in the first place. Gavin Roche Captain Ahab, I am with you on that one. Its getting to the stage when Im on the bus or train and I have one of those noisy nostrils sitting beside me that Ive to turn up the volume fully on my radio to drown out the sound which I might add is not good for my ear drums. So its either whistling at me or its snoring Ive given a sly whack to wake them up or as you say snorting at me. So noisy nostrils blow those foghorns. Irritated nostril hater Dear Ill, why do you blame the driver for your 40-minute-wait for the 14A. Dublin bus drivers arent responsible for the frequency of the service or the weather. Traffic conditions and poorly-planned sprawling housing estates cause most of the delays. See if you can get an apology from the city planners in the pockets of the developers who have made our economy very ill too. Get well soon. Darren, Rush Sendusyour txt I am in total shock with the X Factor result. I never thought John and Edward would leave the competition. I loved them and wanted them to win! Its not fair Lloyd is still in. Ciara, Swords Dannii Minogue asked if the X Factor was a singing competition, but it is not. It is just another show made to give Simon Cowell and the other judges money. Mr Finukane fan For the love of God, Captain Ahab could you be more of a moan. If that many things annoy ya about going to the cinema, maybe its time to find a new hobby. Dry your eyes. Locks Captain Ahab, I agree there is much to irritate one out there in the big bad world. Try travelling on public transport everyday with the snuffling, shuffling, shoving, spitting, smoking great unwashed and then youll really have something to moan about. 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